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Rx Laughter and the power of comedy - An Introduction:

Mom and young son: comedy for pain management:

Rx Laughter in Action:

Here are some short videos showing how Rx Laughter uses comedy to improve well being for pediatric patients. These videos were filmed during the Rx Laughter Advisory Board Tour several years ago. We apologize for the quality due to the older technology. Newer videos will be much clearer. Thank you for your understanding.

1. Eileen Brophy,
Head Nurse, Outpatient Dialysis Unit at the UCLA Medical Center.explains
the emotional comfort that these funny videos can offer as a complement
to the Rx Laughter research into possible immune functioning benefits
for these Pediatric Dialysis Patients (:30)

7. Lonnie Zeltzer, M.D.
Co-Principal Investigator of Rx Laughter, Professor of Pediatrics
& Anesthesiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and
Director of the Pediatric Pain Program at the Mattel UCLA Children's
Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine) discusses specific current and
ongoing Rx Laughter phases. Dr. Zeltzer explains how and where continued
funding donations to
Rx Laughter are being utilized to help seriously ill pediatric patients
both physically and emotionally. (2:49)

8. UCLA Medical Center Chaplain
James Putney talks about the spiritual benefits of
humor through his work with cancer patients. (2:32)

9. Justin Ybarra
, Inpatient at Mattel UCLA Children's Hospital gets a visit From
Bill Marx (Harpo Marx's
son), and watches funny videos too. (Justin wrote a very heartfelt
and touching note to Sherry Hilber a month later saying that these
funny videos and visit by all of us took his mind off of the pain
of the surgery of a a few hours earlier that day). (1:00)

10. Bill Marx
(Harpo's son) explains his personal reasons for wanting to be a
part of Rx Laughter. (1:20)

11. Margaret Stuber,
M.D. (Principal Investigator of Rx Laughter, Professor
of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences,
and Director of the Child & Adolescent Liaison Services at the
Mattel UCLA Children's Hospital) speaks of the educational and emotional
aspects of this project as it relates to the family of the pediatric
patient. (:55)

12. Peter Whybrow, M.D.
(Physician In Chief of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
& Hospital and Executive Chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry &
Biobehavioral Sciences) discusses past and present research on humor
as a healer and the need for continued research. (1:39)

14.George Solomon,
M.D. (Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral
Sciences, Head of the UCLA Norman Cousins Psychoneuroimmunology
Department at the UCLA School of Medicine) discusses Norman Cousins
role in the connection between humor and health, and Dr. Solomon's
desire for Rx Laughter to expand on needed mind/body research in
this regard. (1:19)

15. Melissa Talmadge Cox(Buster Keaton's granddaughter) explains her personal experiences
as it relates to the goals of Rx Laughter (1:06)

Special Thanks:
Filming of this event was donated by Ian Cook MD, David Hillary,
Jeff Weinberger & the terrific lighting & camera team, through
the generosity of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Research Institute chaired
by Peter Whybrow MD.

Michael Sokey of Walt Disney Television did a wonderfully masterful
job of editing these videos. Thanks Michael for your patience &
collaborative spirit throughout the process.

In December, 2010, Shep Kaufman and his team at Idea Asylum donated their post production facilities and resources to convert these videos to the latest technology.